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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC DVD) | 
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| From: Take 2 Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  160 reviews
Sales Rank: 734
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: role-playing-games
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 5026555039437
EAN: 5026555039437
ASIN: B0009XH4D4
Release Date: March 24, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
After the mysterious and untimely death of the Emperor, the throne of Tamriel lies empty. With the Empire ready to crumble, the gates of Oblivion open and demons march upon the land-laying waste to everything in their path. To turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel.
Amazon.co.uk Review
In a nutshell:
One of the most respected Western role-playing games of all time is back with huge improvements in graphics and accessibility, including a completely real-time combat system and the largest, most detailed game world ever seen. Phew.The lowdown:
Although previous Elder Scrolls games have enjoyed something of a like it or loathe it reputation, this latest sequel has the means to appeal to everyone thanks to one simple improvement: its incredible new graphics. Unlike many role-playing games it is viewed from a first person perspective, with a game world portrayed in a staggering amount of detail, and realistic psychics and characters that genuinely seem to be going on about their own separate lives. The game's real appeal though lies in the huge freedom: play it exactly how you want. Most exciting moment:
Using the new combat engine to fight off dozens of enemies, then stealing one of their mounts and riding off into the sunset. Since you ask:
Emperor Uriel Septim VII is voiced by Star Trek and X-Men luminary Patrick Stewart, but all the characters in the game have full spoken voiceovers instead of just onscreen text. This is the next generation, you know. The bottom line:
One of the most realistic and accessible role-playing games ever made.
Harrison Dent
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| Customer Reviews: Read 155 more reviews...
 Best game ever, you will never leave your house again June 3, 2009
Mary M (Oxford, UK)
Yes, it's hyperbolic, but I'm serious about this one. I have never been so thoroughly sucked in by a computer game. I used to be hooked on Morrowind, but most of my time was not spent having fun, but figuring ways of getting from one part of the map to the other. So what if magic were real, and the Roman Empire lasted into the middle ages. Every second of playing Oblivion is enjoyable (except for when you're waiting for it to load), from designing a character to look like you, wandering the hills, fields, and beautifully life-like cities, to slashing things in dungeons and performing morally questionable deeds. If the reason you play video games is to immerse yourself in other worlds, this is definitely a game for you. If you're looking for a pure hack and slash experience, there are better games out there for that. The quests are much better than in Morrowind, and always a bit more interesting than retrieve this, kill that. The journal/inventory panels are much better designed. It's now much easier to find quests, to find out what you have to do, and you don't have to waste time thinking about things when you just want to see action and beautiful scenery. In that aspect, it certainly does not fail to impress.
The things I didn't like: Dungeon raiding can get a bit boring and repetitive, and there's never enough room in your inventory for the things you want to carry, nor do shop keepers ever have enough money. You can count the number of voice actors on one hand, the NPCs don't have a huge amount of things to say, and the dialogue can get a bit bland and repetitive. My biggest gripe about the program is how greedy it is for computer resources, how often it slows down and crashes, and how you need a beast of a computer just to run the program properly. But I suppose that's the trade-off for running such a rich and complex environment.
This game has a lot more in it for women and non-traditional role-players. Of course this is my opinion. I recommend Oblivion highly, but be prepared to watch time compress!
Easily as good as Morrowind but for different reasons May 31, 2009
Adam Gardiner (England)
Well I'm guessing you read the title. Oblivion is as good as Morrowind the previous title in the Elder Scrolls series but for different reasons. Morrowind is better for varied landscapes and overall quests. Oblivion however does not fall far short of Morrowind's admittedly high mark and fixes a lot of issues which affected Morrowind in terms of game play and enjoyability. For one thing you can play as a vampire if you wish without messing up all other quests in the game and there's full voice acting in the game, including top actors Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean. The game world is highly detailed and like in Morrowind there are a lot of downloadable mods which can be added to the game for free, some of them fixing bugs still present in the boxed version even after the final patch. There is a game of the year edition now which includes more than this version which I would recommend buying so long as you don't mind downloading official mods as it only comes with Knights of the Nine (the boxed KotN comes with all but one official mod) but you get full expansion Shivering Isles with it.
Don't listen to them.... April 11, 2009
C. Taylor (manchester, England)
To be honest this is possibly one of the best games ever made for PC. The landscape is vast and beautiful, the story mode is BIG and the side missions and other things for you to do once you finish the story mode are endless. The AI of the characters in the game and the variety of them is great taking into account the age of this game. The graphics are brilliant, but to appreciate them to the full a high spec PC is needed.
The missions in Oblivion are varied and fun in depth and will keep you occupied for hours on end. There is very little repetition. This is helped with the DLC that is also out (the name escapes me) which adds hours of gameplay time onto this.
The one thing i can say is that you need to give yourself time to get into it, at first i loathed this game and was on the verge of returning it but after getting somewhere on the survey and actually getting to know the game and the things to do in it i ended up spending hours and hours playing. So give it an hour or two and asure you, you will not to want to stop!
 Wow March 25, 2009
E. Wilson
Having played Morrowind quite obsessively I had high hopes for Oblivion and, about 100 hours of gameplay in, I haven't been disappointed. The only thing to watch for is bugs - there's a lot - but all you need to do is download the unoffical patch (just Google it) and most things should be sorted (of course there are offical patches too which you should also download if you don't have the expansion packs). I'd recommend you do this before installing the game, just to avoid any problems. Bugs aside though it's totally immersive and the graphics are awesome (I'm comparing to Morrowind here, obviously Oblivion is about 3 years old now!) Yes I am female and yes looking at all the pretty scenery does constitute fun for me but the fighting is also a lot better and more complex than old editions: I even use tactics now, rather than just button mashing! Anyway, if you like the open-ended, exploratory type of game then you'll like this but remember to get the patch!
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant February 26, 2009
JJ Celery (Dublin)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't know another single player RPG that would be made with such attention to detail and care. This is an absolute winner of all times.
At first, I played it on xbox 360 in a cafe, but soon enough I got completely addicted and I had to give up for a little while (I didn't have time for anything else!). Last year I invested in a better computer to be able to run the game on it - and I am addicted again! The quality is as good as it was on the console, with more comfortable controls and greater accuracy.
The graphics are absolutely stunning and the game experience is fantastic. This, combined with great sound and music integration into the game makes it feel as good as it gets. One forgets about the real world almost instantly.
The game scenario is very well written, too. The main quest can be postponed indefinitely and the number of small and large side quests makes it feel like a real world, that goes about it's business whether you're there or not.
Out of all features of the gaming experience, it's the alchemy I enjoy the most. The world is so real that one can collect plants and herbs, food, meat and other parts form animals and monsters and using mortar and pestle or other alchemist equipment, brew potions and poisons that aid in battle. The mere fact I can go to the forest and find carin bolette growing beside a fallen tree and pick it up absolutely stuns me.
The fact I can buy meat in a tavern and either eat it or use to create a healing potion, is just beyond me. Never I have seen anything like this.
Oh, and it rains and it snows occasionally, the weather changes, the clouds move on the sky and in the night, you can look up to the stars. Stunning. Specially when the moons are out.
Since it's a typical sword and magic setting, there are, of course, monsters and beasts and there are ruins and caves in which evil lurks. There are bandits on the roads, so it's better to travel with a horse (yes, a horse). The cities are structured very well and none is like the other. Burma, by being far north, is all covered in snow and buildings are solid, partially underground. Imperial city is big and buildings are tall, made out of stone. Bravil is small and wooden, often covered by mist. My personal favourite is Anvil, which is by the sea.
I would reccomend the game to anyone. It's just plain... fantastic! It sets a very high standard for everyone to follow.
On the downside, the game consumes two things like nothing else: time and resources. I have spent over a thousand euro just to be able to play it, and over 20 hours last week - it has significant impact on my personal life. Word of the wise: if you're buying it, consider yourself an addict from the first minute. Set yourself limits, like, no more than x hours a day, never on Fridays and so on.
Or just ask everyone to bugger off for a few months.
Thank God my partner plays too.
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